J Gregory Caporaso, Ph.D.

Dr. Caporaso is an expert in microbiome research, including human-associated and environmental microbiomes, and biological data science. He is involved in development and/or leadership on many open source data science software projects, including his role as Program Manager and PI of QIIME 2, the most highly cited microbiome data science platform; an early contributor to MOSHPIT, a new platform for metagenomics data analysis; and a Steering Committee member and PI on Jupyter Book, a platform for next generation scientific publishing. His lab has a strong track record of training Research Software Engineers and Data Scientists. In addition to his focus on designing, building, and teaching accessible and cutting-edge computational tools for microbiome research, his lab is engaged in and runs many of their own microbiome projects focused on cancer treatment, including assessing the impact of fecal microbiota transplant on treatment outcomes, and developing applications of microbiome science in environmental sustainability.